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		<title>The Value of a (French) Quarter</title>
		<link>http://shanasparkles.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/the-value-of-a-french-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September is a difficult month.  Routines are starting back up again and it seems to all happen at once!  I am barely keeping my head above water right now.  You know it&#8217;s bad when you have to schedule your own crying jags (the nightly drive home and Saturday/Sunday afternoon around 4-6 p.m. are favorite times).  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=795&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week one of school is done.  I have a very interesting group of kiddos that I&#8217;m already quite fond of.  Even the, um, quirky ones.  I believe they are all gifted and are gifts to us! It is quite the adjustment when previously my primary concern was subject specific curriculum and now I manage all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=790&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Glass Half Full</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new school year starts&#8230;  tomorrow.  Yes, that was an audible gulp you heard coming from my end of the computer.  I have a new assignment, newly adjusted body, and a newly adjusted life.  It&#8217;s a little much all at once, I must admit. When I walked in the doors of my school last week, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=787&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gentlemen, Start Your Engines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new day is dawning. The 2011-12 school year is breathing down the back of my neck like a hungry bear stalking its prey. I am drowning in an avalanche of papers and chasing a to-do list that is 9 miles long. Yep. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed, but I am also optimistic and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=780&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Year Bolder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have THAT out there, I can take a deep breath and start talking again.  I had a birthday recently (I am still accepting gifts&#8230;  How about a donation to my Walk From Obesity fundraiser?) and I&#8217;m obviously experiencing some big changes in my life.  What does all of this mean?  It&#8217;s time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=751&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Things I Shall Never Leave the House Without Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a fantastic weekend.  I truly did.  After living in Texas for 10 years, it&#8217;s a travesty that I had never seen Austin or San Antonio until this summer.  I did see a bit of Austin a few weeks ago, but that basically amounted to just dinner.  This time, Kaitlin and I decided to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=761&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Willow Tree</title>
		<link>http://shanasparkles.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/willow-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been struggling with how to get this out there, as I wish to protect my privacy and the privacy of my husband.  However, there is no time like the present&#8230; I have filed for divorce.  It was not a decision arrived at lightly.  I do not wish to get into the details (so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=755&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Inspired Beer Braised Chicken Thighs</title>
		<link>http://shanasparkles.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/texas-inspired-beer-braised-chicken-thighs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest foray in the kitchen was inspired first by Rachael Ray, who both amazes and annoys me, and by my adoptive home state, Texas.  Recently, I was watching Week in a Day with Rachael Ray and she did Beer Braised Chicken Thighs.  I thought it looked like a fairly budget friendly dish to produce, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=746&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop, Collaborate and Listen</title>
		<link>http://shanasparkles.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/stop-collaborate-and-listen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges of having a small pouch is that you always have leftovers in the house.  Trust me, when you are one person with half a stomach working on a Crock pot full of chili, it doesn&#8217;t matter how tasty it is.  You WILL get sick of it.  And what if you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=734&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I got a message on Facebook the other day from a longtime friend.  She started off by saying that she really needed to talk to me &#8220;about something.&#8221; She then launched into a paragraph about how proud she was of me for all my successes and hard work.  Immediately, I knew there was about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shanasparkles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3173469&amp;post=728&amp;subd=shanasparkles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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